Charity Case Chapter 9: SEQUEL part 2, a kingdom hearts fanfic

Mwahahaha. I'm going to desperately try and upload these chapters faster! And try and put the name and artist of the song at the end.

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The man in the long flowing red cloak started his guitar, catching everyone's attention. This was only the third time he'd played with the singer, and this was only the fourth the drummer had played with this singer. The second guitarist, with hair as red as the other's cloak, didn't really mind who he was playing with.

It seems so obvious

theres something up with us

I smell the feeling

from across the room.

His voice was so much deeper than he usually sang. But Kadaj informed him that if he sung this one wrong, there would be hell to pay. So he sang it as best as he could, even though he wasn't the one who'd written it. He usually liked songs like this one, but he didn't want to play them for Kadaj, no matter how catchy they were.

So can I ask you this?

Not to be forward, miss,

But I think I'll kill myself

If I never know...

Vincent, Reno, and Zack were playing well. Really well. And they all got ready to play for the chorus.

What do I have to do

to get inside of you?

to get inside of you?

Vincent was only playing the bass, Reno was on main guitar smiling and playing like it was his last time. Of course, Zack on the drums, having a completely concentrated look on his face. Riku didn't have any emotion, but his voice held it all.

Cuz I love the way you move,

when Im inside of you.

when Im inside of you...

Riku held out the 'ou' and Sora kept going through his mind. He was still throughly concentrated on the song, but he couldn't help thinking of Sora. Riku felt his heart twist, but he saw the glance from Vincent, and his voice rose again, along with the volume of the others.

Just ask and I will do

anything you want me to

there is no limit

to how far I will go..

His throat was parched, and this was the tenth song they did in a row, and Kadaj, Yazoo, or Loz wouldn't let them have any water. None at all, and Riku wanted to faint from the pain in his leg, and the dizziness from the lights glaring down at him.

And Im sure I can't pretend

to be a gentlemen..

But before I began,

I just gotta know,

just gotta know...

Riku took a deep breath and leaned his head off to the side so that the people in the audience wouldn't hear it. He breathed and then looked back to them when he heard that the second chorus was coming.

What do I have to do

to get inside of you?

Cuz I love the way you move,

when Im inside of you.

when Im inside of you...

Riku only barely was able to hold out the last part, and the other's saw his fatigue. The others in the audience didn't see, but the ones on the stage definitely could. Riku hadn't been here long enough to get used to the harsh hours and the long standing periods on the stage.

For now I'll play the game

And I'm waiting for your move

but i've got to say

I've gotta know..

Riku thought of Sora, and that actually gave him the energy to give enough to put out the last parts of the song. He could barely do it, but Sora's smiling face, and the look on Kadaj's face when the police dragged him out of this place.

What do I have to do

to get inside of you?

What do I have to do

to get inside of you?

Riku sighed and then breathed heavily, his legs having gone numb a long time ago. He didn't know how Vincent and Reno could do this! I mean, Zack was sitting down, so he had it a bit easier, but the others were standing there like nothing was wrong! They were just strumming away, like it was the easiest thing on the planet.

Cuz I love the way you move,

when Im inside of you.

when Im inside of you...

When I'm inside of you.

You...

When Im inside of you...

Riku sighed and dropped the mic, slumping to one side and leaning on the microphone stand. He felt Vince next to him, putting an arm around his shoulders. Riku leaned almost all his weight on the older, sighing with relief. He couldn't take this any longer, he needed Sora. He needed rest. He couldn't do this day after day.

"Hang on, we'll get you to the back couch," Vincent said, letting Riku lean on him. Vincent was thirty four and creepy looking to Riku (one reason because Vincent had, had a dentist file down his canine teeth to make them look like a vampires). To Riku, who was only twenty, but he was a good guy. Oh, by the way, Zack was twenty-four, and Reno was only eighteen. Riku couldn't believe that he let himself, at the age of TWENTY, get napped. He didn't want to say 'kid', because he wasn't one. So that resulted in him calling it, 'napped'.

Riku groaned and slumped onto the couch, his leg feeling as though it would fall off. He was breathing hard, and he felt someone touch his wound. He hissed and swatted them away, but they just moved back and grabbed his hand.

"You need to go see a doctor," Zack said in a low and calm voice, ripping the pants enough to see the blood seeping through the bandages. He didn't mind ripping the pants, because he wasn't degrading enough to ask Riku to take off his pants, and they weren't baggy enough to roll up. But this was bad, because Kadaj could make Riku wear them anyway, that way showing off even more to the audience.

Yazoo took this time to walk in, take on look at the wound, cover his mouth, and throw a mobile phone at Riku, "Call pizza. I was going to do it...but..."

He went running out of the room, his hands clasped over his face. Riku wondered what the hell was with him, but then registered what the man just did. He just threw...a phone!

Riku jumped up and saw the others staring at him. It looks like they'd never been lucky enough to have a phone thrown at him, and in this place, having a phone thrown at you was pretty damn lucky, if I might say so myself!

Riku opened it and was about to dial, when Zack put a hand on his. Riku didn't know what the man was doing, but If he said not to call Sora, Riku would just tell him kindly to piss off.

"Call and order pizza first," Zack said, staring at the phone, "So they don't get suspicious,"

Riku nodded and dialed. He didn't care about the damn pizza, but Zack was right. He didn't notice the eyes on him as he called, ordered a random thing, and started dialing the only phone number he knew that could possibly have Sora near it.

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Demyx looked over his shoulder at the phone, having been carrying a large box of food to the cafeteria. Okay, why did the phone have to ring at a time like this! Demyx growled, and attempted juggling the box on his knee. Sora had told him to always answer the phone, just in case it was Riku, But Demyx couldn't just drop the food and have germs get all over it!

"Cloud!" He saw the man walking, trailing his hand on the wall to find his way, "Answer the phone, hurry!"

Cloud tried to find where he was to glare at him, but that ringing was too much! He walked toward where he knew the phone was, picked it up, and put it to his ear, "Hello, Destiny Isles Corps, this is Cloud Strife,"

"CLOUD!"

The blond moved the phone away from his ear and pouted at it. That voice was oddly familiar, and then he put it to his ear again, only to hear a argument.

"It's Cloud!"

"Shut up! Don't take the phone from me!"

"But it's Cloud!"

"I know, now go away!"

Cloud sighed, then put it back to his ear, "Sir, do you have the wrong number?"

"NO!" They yelled again, and before Cloud could move the phone again, the man yelled, "It's Riku, Cloud!"

Cloud screamed, almost dropping the phone, then put it back to his ear, "Riku! Where are you? What happened!"

"Stop, Cloud! Get everyone and put it on speaker!"

Cloud nodded, then heard many feet already, having been drawn by the scream, "Someone put the phone on speaker, and someone gather everyone!"

"Everyone's already here!" Leon exclaimed, walking behind Cloud.

Demyx, having heard who it was, reached over with lightning speed and pressed the button to put it on speaker.

"Is it on?"

Everyone nearly died of relief when they heard Riku's calming and soothing, yet a bit raspy, voice.

"Yes," Ansem said, trying to push everyone out of the way.

They heard Riku sigh, "Oh, thank god, you guys."

"Are you alright?" Yuffie exclaimed, trying to listen, not noticing the room was dead silent.

Riku sighed again, "I need to see a doctor for this stupid bullet wound, but everything else's fine. Is Sora there?"

"No," Someone said, Riku not knowing whom it was, and their voice was sad.

Riku almost cried, "Dammit, the only time I call, Sora's not there! . . . .Zack! Let go of the phone. . . .I don't care if you want to talk to Cloud. . . .I know!. . . .Fine, just be more quiet!"

Cloud had leaned in when he heard that name, and his eyes were watering, "Zack?"

"Cloud!" It was the black-haired man's voice, "OMG, I can't believe it's Cloud! OMG! Holy shit! Okay, Reno's here with us, and Vincent, so everyone knows that we wont have any trouble,"

"Zack..." Cloud mumbled to himself, smiling a little. Zack was okay. It had been two years since Zack had been napped, and Cloud hadn't heard of him.

"How did you get a phone?" Sephiroth asked. Oh, leave it to Sephiroth to ask the important things.

Riku snorted, having taken the phone back from Zack, "Yazoo threw it at me after seeing blood. We already ordered pizza for him, though, so he shouldn't get suspicious, ha, I got them Dominos."

Reno, having taken the phone from Riku, exclaimed, "Yo, whuzzup? I already know how to erase all call-history on this kind of phone, so it'll be okay!"

Everyone heard Reno shut up, and then they heard a calm and collected voice come over the phone. Some suspected it to be Vincent, but it was Riku.

"Guys. . . .Please...tell Sora I love him...please," Riku's voice was cracking, "I don't know where we are, but I know these guys wont hurt us, So please keep looking for us. Please...Oh, gees, he's coming back! Just tell him that!"

It cut off.

Silence covered the room like a growing fog, but no one wanted to speak.

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Riku glared as Yazoo came storming back into the room, a nice red welt growing on his cheek. Yazoo glared at Riku, then snatched the phone back from Riku, glaring equally back, "You're going to pay, little brat,"

Riku growled, "You're the one who gave me the phone,"

Yazoo glared equally, the moon from the window behind him making an evil glow. Everything else in the room was pitch black, "You are going to get it..."

Riku shivered a little, but Yazoo walked away, his long silver hair swishing behind him. Riku sighed and leaned his head back down, the pain ever growing in his leg. He winced and then closed his eyes, trying to concentrate it away.

"It hurts, doesn't it?" Reno asked, placing his hand over Riku's and looking him in the eye. Reno sighed and smiled warmly, "Don't worry, I think I'll be able to talk Loz out of some pain killers,"

"Thanks," Riku sighed, then winced again. He heard that voice, that scary voice of Kadaj. The man was probably going to come back in here and threaten them until they got back to practicing. Then they'd give them the small meal of ramen noodles that he usually gave them.

Vincent sat next to Riku with his bass guitar, looking at the silver-haired man next to him, "teach me something,"

"What?" Riku asked, his eyebrows raising.

Vincent just continued to stare at him, "You have to teach me a song. You need to teach me the song we'll play so that you can catch Sora's attention. I'm pretty sure that the police will trace the call you made, and then they'll come here. You need to teach me a song to let Sora know that it's really you,"

Riku smiled warmly, then picked up his acoustic, "I know just the one,"

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Sora shook the water from his hair and a shiver ran down his back. He looked back at Roxas and Axel and smiled at them holding hands, looking back, "You guys want some hot chocolate?"

Roxas smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Sora,"

"Sora!"

The brunette looked and saw that Demyx was standing there, holding another box. Sora smiled at him, "I see you're getting the things in like I asked,"

"Sora..." Demyx said, then set the box on the ground.

Sora reeled, "Demyx, don't put that on the ground! We don't know what's been on the gr-!"

"Riku called..."

Sora just stared forward, the umbrella falling from his hands. He just stared forward, his eyes wide and his mouth nearly hanging open, "...what...?"

Demyx sighed, then went to the phone, "The answering machine got it just as Cloud answered. It accidentally recorded it,"

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"CLOUD!"

"It's Cloud!"

"Shut up! Don't take the phone from me!"

"But it's Cloud!"

"I know, now go away!"

There was a sigh, "Sir, do you have the wrong number?"

"NO! It's Riku, Cloud!"

There was a scream, "Riku! Where are you? What happened!"

"Stop, Cloud! Get everyone and put it on speaker!"

"Someone put the phone on speaker, and someone gather everyone!"

"Everyone's already here!" It was another voice.

"Is it on?"

"Yes," Another voice said

They heard Riku sigh, "Oh, thank god, you guys."

"Are you alright?" Girls voice

Riku sighed again, "I need to see a doctor for this stupid bullet wound, but everything else's fine. Is Sora there?"

"No," Someone said,

"Dammit, the only time I call, Sora's not there! . . . .Zack! Let go of the phone. . . .I don't care if you want to talk to Cloud. . . .I know!. . . .Fine, just be more quiet!"

"Zack?"

"Cloud!" It was another voice entirely, "OMG, I can't believe it's Cloud! OMG! Holy shit! Okay, Reno's here with us, and Vincent, so everyone knows that we wont have any trouble,"

"Zack..."

"How did you get a phone?" another asked.

Riku snorted, "Yazoo threw it at me after seeing blood. We already ordered pizza for him, though, so he shouldn't get suspicious, ha, I got them Dominos."

"Yo, whuzzup? I already know how to erase all call-history on this kind of phone, so it'll be okay!"

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Sora stared at the phone, waiting for something to happen, then he heard the smallest whisper, that the others didn't probably hear, coming from the phone.

Suki dayo

Sora felt the tears in his eyes. His hands were shaking and he couldn't believe he wasn't here when Riku called. He couldn't believe he hadn't been here. Riku was in need of him, because he immediately asked for Sora, and Sora could hear the sadness in his voice when he heard that Sora wasn't there. Sora almost cried at that fact alone, and the fact that those men still hadn't let Riku see a doctor for his leg! Dammit!

Axel ran forward, then listened to the message again. He listened to every detail, hearing everything he could. He turned to Roxas and that immediately told the blonde that Axel was truly being the hero right now.

"Roxas, get down to the station and look up every possible person with the name of Yazoo. And then get to every Domino's in the destination and have them give us their call-history. This old of a phone wouldn't give us anything, and when they find on with a name of Yazoo, tell me immediately."

"Sir!" Roxas immediately turned around and went running back into the rain to the police car. He knew what to do, and he couldn't let his new boyfriend down!

Axel turned back to Sora and looked at him with hard eyes, "I need you to stay put, alright?"

"But I need to help!" Sora exclaimed, throwing his arms out in front of him. Axel shook his head:

"Right now, you'd only get in the way," Axel said, then shook his head, "I'm sorry, but it's the truth. We only need you to stay here and hope,"

Sora looked up at him with tears pooling in his eyes, and he nodded slowly. He looked back at Demyx and the man was downcast, just looking down. Demyx sighed and turned back to the kitchen, "You don't need to make dinner tonight...I will,"

Sora nodded, then went running out of the center, toward the Nori home to tell the others of the news. It wasn't the best of the news they could have gotten, or the most information, but at least it let them all know that Riku was alright. Riku was alright...

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sorry, shorter chapter than most, but I updated fast! Foshwa!